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#1 Edited by Ben_H (2680 posts) - 10 months, 4 days ago

First one will always be my favourite. I've seen it so many times I have the entire thing memorize. Fifth would be second, then fourth. Then 3 and 2 would tie for last because they're both terrible, though I do admit 3 has its charms. 2 Fast 2 Furious is just an all-around awful movie. 
 
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSS 
 
Edit: I think the love for 3 comes from people who saw that one when it first came out and didn't see the earlier ones. I saw the original when it first came out so it will always be the special one to me because I just watched the rest one day when I was bored.

#2 Edited by Ben_H (2680 posts) - 10 months, 4 days ago

According to my bank account, $80.46 but I don't think it has my purchases from yesterday on there yet. So more like $100 because I got Binary Domain (which is AMAZING) and AoE3 yesterday. I'm still averaging under $5 a game though since I've bought 22 games.

#3 Posted by Ben_H (2680 posts) - 10 months, 5 days ago

Stop caring so much about winning and performance and whatnot. I quit caring about that in SC2 and I think I actually play a lot better now because I play to have fun and it turns out when I have fun I seem to play much faster and smarter.

#4 Posted by Ben_H (2680 posts) - 10 months, 5 days ago
@GrantHeaslip said:

@SathingtonWaltz said:

Great points, I have to agree with you. I do always laugh when people say that Obama is a liberal, as his actions have placed him in the center-right.

Cheers. We're increasingly having similar problems here in Canada. Our Conservative party (which used to be called the Progressive Conservative party) has been hijacked by a much more ideological faction, and are in the process of enacting some of your stupidest policies here, especially in criminal justice and environmental deregulation. My province has a similarly-hijacked (but thankfully not in power) party who are still called the Progressive Conservatives, but have been progressive in name only after they swept into power in a self-styled "common-sense revolution" in the 90s. They're currently on a particularly vacuous it's-all-the-unions'-fault bent.

I hate it when both sides aren't firing on all cylinders, because I like having more options and political debates about different approaches to dealing with the same fact, not debates over the facts themselves or pretending problems don't exist. No side is without serious problems, but the conservative parties in the west (or at least Canada, the US, and to some extent the UK, which are the countries I follow the most) seem to be going through a really dumb phase right now that I hope will pass soon.

Well said, Canadian politics are turning into a complete mess thanks to the nutjobs that are trying to turn our right wing into the Republicans. The Conservatives are actively running attack ads against the opposing parties WHEN THERE ISN'T AN ELECTION FOR 3 YEARS. Not only that, their ads are incredibly deceiving and manipulate far too much of what the opposition is saying (They claimed that Tom Mulcair said that Canada's growing economy is a disease when what he actually said is that we are potentially seeing Dutch Disease with our economy, which is actually pretty accurate because it is growing at an inflated rate because of natural resources). They are also making substantial cuts to scientific areas and important government sectors like food safety and giving nothing in return for these cuts, except sweet tax exemptions to oil companies in Alberta, while the economy in the east crumbles. I have no issue with people who have right wing ideals but what has been happening lately isn't healthy for politics in any country. The whole "You're with us or you're with the Terrorists/Socialists" (or in Canada's case, with the paedophiles, in the case of the internet monitoring bill) ideology that has swept North American politics has done far too much harm and needs to be stopped.
#5 Edited by Ben_H (2680 posts) - 10 months, 6 days ago
@SlasherMan said:

Also, for someone who's played AC Brotherhood but has not played AC2, is it worth my time going back to play the latter?

I would say so. AC2 is IMO the best AC game. The different cities make it much more interesting than the one big city in Brotherhood because each of the cities requires a different playstyle for getting around. I think 2 is a much more interesting game storywise as well.
#6 Posted by Ben_H (2680 posts) - 10 months, 6 days ago

Just got AoE3 complete. 10 bucks to get rid of one of the three uses of my optical drive is a great deal (The other 2 uses are AoE2 and Sid Meier's Simgolf. It used to also be RCT but I bought that on GOG because GOG stuff plays nicely with my Mac's WINE emulator). Plus I don't have Asian Dynasties so I'll give that a go. I am now 7 games away from 200 games.

#7 Posted by Ben_H (2680 posts) - 10 months, 6 days ago

Hey, just a note: Fable 3 is on Flash sale right now but make sure you get the collection. The link from the front page takes you to just Fable 3 but right now you can get the collection which includes Fable: The Lost Chapters and all the Fable 3 DLC, for the same price. I picked it up because I want to give Fable 3 a go and I want to finish the original Fable, which I never did for some reason.

#8 Edited by Ben_H (2680 posts) - 10 months, 6 days ago

Age of Empires or Age of Empires II. Don't mess with the gameplay, just release the same game but with high res graphics. That would be RTS heaven for me. 
 
Perhaps the Rogue Squadron games though that probably wouldn't be possible. I still can't believe Factor 5 is gone. :(

#9 Posted by Ben_H (2680 posts) - 10 months, 7 days ago
#10 Posted by Ben_H (2680 posts) - 10 months, 7 days ago

I almost always lost to him when I played against him simply because I have no idea how to fight him. I think I fought him like 3 times in total. 
 
I think he's a funny character though and a good addition to the game.

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